Computer Tips -Tech Info

Good news on the WordPress front. A new release has been, well, released. Version 1.5.2 is a bugfix/security fix release. On the heels of an August 10th security advisory. The release announcement is available here.    Send article as PDF   

Once you’ve made the plunge to look at operating systems outside of the Microsoft realm, linux has typically been the easiest accessible. Lot’s of livecds are out there and much can be freely downloaded. Of course there is the Mac as well with Os X. I’ve liked what I have seen of it, but there […]

A while back I did an article on a preview of KDE 3.5 (currently in alpha). Today the Second part of that preview of what is to come (kome?) in KDE is up. He picks up featuring the changes in konqueror. (The default web browser under KDE.) On the eyecandy front…. SuperKaramba has been included […]

Wow, some people are quick. What has it been a day? There is already a review up of the second Beta in the release cycle of Mandrake…. uhmmm Mandriva Linux 2006. (Still can’t quite get used to the name change.) Anyway… The review is complete with screenshots and a link to the complete package list. […]

I’ve seen a story over at Desktop linux about the release of Turbolite 2005. Which is based on Turbolinux. It’s targeted at older, refurbished hardware. They offer “all the essential functions required for a desktop PC, including a Mozilla Web browser and email client, a Flash player, and streaming multimedia capabilities.”    Send article as […]

The Register reports that IBM is claiming the desktop as the next frontier for Linux. The market for linux desktop’s is growing by 37% between 2003 and 2007. It is, they emphasize, a different argument that needs to be made though than was made on the server. The “do the same with cheaper hardware” argument […]

In the spirit of a fair look at Mozilla Firefox (after doing a bit of a roasting of IE’s security), I’ve taken a look at Secunia’s analysis of Firefox. Currently there are 3 unpatched vulnerabilities on Firefox.    Send article as PDF   

In all fairness this is a year old news release from US-CERT. Beware of IE, certainly there have been patches for IE since this release (3 this week.) But have all of the issues they raise been dealt with? According to Secunia there are still 20 advisories related to Internet Explorer that are unpatched.    […]

Over at Desktop Linux there’s an opinion piece that’s really a rallying cry for the linux desktop. He looks at what is promised in Vista and tries to discern what will really be different than we currently have on the Windows platform. Looks at the potential expense and concludes that now is the time for […]

Osdir.com is at it again with the screenshots…., this time there’s a lizard on the desktop. Yes, screenshots from openSuSe 10 beta 1. Just several days ago Novell announced that they were “opening” the SuSE Linux project and the first beta was not far behind.    Send article as PDF